Genetics

For the millions of people suffering with daily physical pain, nerve stimulation and gene editing offer new hope beyond addictive opioids.

Tweaking the genes of wild animals could save endangered species and protect humans from disease. But there’s a risk.

The Wall Street giant’s big bet on Ancestry.com drives home the financial realities facing the consumer genomic revolution.

As our understanding of the genome evolves, the metaphors we use to describe it should, too.

Juan Enriquez explores the possibility and inevitable risks of human speciation.

The discovery of a new taste cell deepens our understanding of this complex and adaptive sensory system.

These scholars of color combine scientific inquiry and social justice.

Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?

An artist imagines life forms that will arise from the convergence of technology and biology.

These startups are developing new ways to reprogram biology by producing custom genes from scratch.

George Church and Ramez Naam on the limitations of evolution, the power of matchmaking, and why we should send single-cell computers into deep space.

Gene editing scrambles a family's connections in this original sci-fi story for NEO.LIFE.

A bioengineer, a biopunk, and a biotech reporter square off onstage about our neobiological future.

Scientists and other creators tell us about the developments they’re watching for and the conversations they’ll be starting.

Synthetic biologists aim to transform the world with manmade organisms. What will it take to get there?